Assignment #1: Social Bookmarking Example Sites Rating

After completing your evaluation of the provided Social Bookmarking Sites, complete Assignment #2 by
visiting the linked page to add information about additional social bookmarking sites you have found.

Positives

Negatives
	Diigo	Del.icio.us	iKeepBookmarks
Fant	I liked that you could have friends and see their bookmarked sites. Once you log in, It seems more organized and clean than before you log in.	This site lists most popular sites that others like. I also liked the tags you can use to describe the bookmarks and help organize them.	This seemed the most user-friendly. I chose to use it because of the simplicity. It is my favorite because It was easy to add sites. Check out my favorites at http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/hpf85. Schools could easily set up a school bookmark for parents and teachers.
Fields	Gives a tutorial on the use of the site tab by tab. Easy to follow. reading and searching for information. Very organized with the topics.	Tags long side made it easy to find topices The bookmark button was easy to find and the letters were easy for my eyes to adjust to.	Very simple looking, easy to follow. Oraganized by catagories you can follow.
Hall	I liked the ability to help build relationships based around everyones knowledge. This asset helps to continue to increase the knowledge among the Diigo community.	The one positive that stood out to me is the social bookmarking service. It allows the customer to store lists of bookmarks and ten of thousands of their closet friends and then they get to see and search through each others list.	The biggest thing I liked about this website is that it allows you to upload and keep your bookmarks on the web. Thus allowing you to beable to access your favorite links at anytime, from any computer, any where.
Hill	I liked the tabs at the top of the page and the drop down boxes.	The links were clear, the color scheme made it inviting, the links seemed easy to find. I thought the pictures to the side to show you the site was good. Also the tabs to the right helped you to look up categories (I think)	There were many positives about this page, it seemed teacher friendly, when I opened the sample, it showed folders, the language was easy to read and understand. I seemed to be for educators.
Hodges	This one seemed to be the most interactive by allowing the user to create a friends group and share information among that group. I also like that the user can choose to make some bookmarks public and keep some private.	I like the "Most Popular Bookmarks" feature. This feature introduced me to sites I would probably never find on my own. It was written in a language I could understand.	I like that the title says exactly what the site is designed for. I found it helpful to have the different samples of ikeepbookmarks pages.
Hulsey	I thought this site was easy to navigate with little in the area of distractions. It appeared easy to use.	I loved this site. I searched for Dyslexia and it gave me 4819 websites referals. It was easy to navigate and very user freindly. http://delicious.com/jlhulsey	This site was very user friendly. It is similar to the wiki we are using. It would be a good resource to correspond with other teachers.
James	Looks like everything is very easily accessible- groups, tags, book, bookmarks. Also liked that you could have friends on this one.	I thought this site looked very organized and simple. I liked the tags that made things easy to find.	I thought this site was the most user friendly and easy to set up and understand. I loved that you could set up folders within your account for others. This is a great feature for teachers and parents to use for students.
King	This cite seems very user friendly. I like the organization and easy access to all facets of the cite.	I thought the most popular links tab was pretty neat. It is interesting to see what other poeple are interested in.	This cite seems the simplest to use. As an non-computer savvy person, these types of applications are best for me.It was my favorite because you could take your bookmarks already on your computer and add them. The directions were easy to follow as well. Check out my school links: http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/browse.asp?account=261133
Price	This tool has a clean, professional look and appealed to the educator in me.	This was my favorite site and seems very user-friendly. I thought the sign-up procedure was easy by comparison. My link is www.delicious.com/vprice1	The home page was less cluttered and simple. I liked having immediate access to sample pages.
Stover	Looks like once you have the bookmarks uploaded, it would make the most organized page for your bookmarks.	Seems like a good social networking site. You can share with co-workers, friends, etc. Also seemed to be the most popular of the 3 sites.	The most user friendly of the 3 sites. Very simple and personal.
Youngblood	Very specific. You can look by people, groups or the Web.	You can see the most popular sites that are being saved. I liked this one because it didn't seem overloaded with information.	I liked how you can set it up for personal, business or school. This is a good one for the classroom teacher to use to get out info easier.

	Diigo	Del.icio.us	iKeepBookmarks
Fant	At first it seems very technical. I was worried I wouldn't understand the lingo.	This site seemed to have too much information to organize	It doesn't look as professional as the other sites. It looks a little more like a person's website than a company's.
Fields	The profile page was unorganized.	As I clicked on the sites I did not know where it was taking me. I could not tell what the icons were.	Lettering very small and bright. Several sites I clicked on had broken links.
Hall	About the only thing I thought was negative about this site was its name. It sounded like a Star Wars character.	Again, the biggest negative to me was the name. It sounds like a food site and it is hard to break down and spell with all the periods.	Loved the name and it made sense to me unlike the others. No negative complaints from this reader.
Hill	It was very wordy. it took a while to read and find the area you might want to access.	I was not sure about the circles at the top of the page, and did not really know what to do to find any samples, or information.	I did not find as much negative, the colors were bland and it seemed to be basic, but that is what appealed to me.
Hodges	At first glance I did not like this site because it was difficult to read. The lingo was very "techy".	the first page did not contain information about the site. I finally found the small words "Learn More" which led me to a better description.	This site did not appeal to me visually. When looking at the samples, some of the links did not work.
Hulsey	To me this was the least appealing of the three sites. It seemed very basic.	Because of the volume of information on this site, it could be overwelming.	The visual appeal of this site was lacking.
James	While this site seemed thorough, I thought it was a little much. It overwhelmed me trying to read it all.	I thought this site was a little difficult to understand & also it was boring. It didn't really catch my attention.	This site was really basic, which is probably a negative for most, but is a positive for me. I registered for this one & couldn't figure out how to delete a folder.
King	While the cite is organized, it seems a bit like information overload. As a non-computer savvy person, it may be difficult to start with something that is so techincal.	It was hard to learn about this cite without becoming a member. To me, that is a total turn-off. I like to know what I'm getting into before I jump on in.	This cite was a bit blah in appearrance. However, that made navigation a bit easier.
Price	Lacked flare and eye appeal. Seemed very "wordy."	(The name constantly reminds me of food.) It wanted me to download extra features for more convenient navigation.	Appears amateurish by comparison to the others.
Stover	I tried to join and upload bookmarks. It was difficult to navigate and asked me to upload bookmarks from Del.icio.us.	Seemed like the page would be the least organized of the 3.	The site looked the least professional out of the 3.
Youngblood	Too much information going on for one site.	Very broad, can't narrow topics down to a certain category.	Education friendly. I would love to communicate this way with my children's teachers.

Favorites--Hey guys, a reminder on the assignment--choose your favorite one and tell us why it is your favorite. You should register for an account on one of these three sites. Then go ahead and bookmark some of your favorite sites. Share the link to your social bookmarking site in the explanation of your favorite site.

	Diigo	Del.icio.us	iKeepBookmarks
Fant	2	3	1
Fields	Diigo was an easy site for me to navigate through. The turoials helped me understand what to look for and it was easy for me to find the bookmark button. http://www.diigo.com/
Hall	2	3	1 This was my favorite site. It was the easiest site for me to understand and use. http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/browse.asp?account=260687
Hill			I like this site the best out of the three, it was teacher friendly and seemed easy to navigate. http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/browse.asp?account=261368
Hodges	I chose to join diigo.com. I first joined the site because I was confused about what it could do. Once I was logged in I liked how the site gave you suggestions for new bookmarks and how easy it was to add them to your list.
Hulsey	3	(1) This was my favorite site. I loved the search tool and the ease of use. http://delicious.com/jlhulsey	2
James	2	3	1
King			This was my favorite because you can easily take your bookmarks already on your computer and add them. The directions were easy to follow as well. check out my links at: http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/browse.asp?account=261133
Price		This was my favorite site, in part, because of the ease of sign-up and establishing and organizing bookmarks/tabs. I especially liked the start up tutorial for navigation.My link is http://www.delicious.com/vprice1
Stover	I chose to join Diigo but after joining it is not necessarily my favorite of the three. My bookmarks page is organized nicely once I figured out how to navigate the site.. Check out my links (and wedding planning obsession) at: http://www.diigo.com/profile/mlstover	1	3
Youngblood